Shaheb Bibi Golaam Explained

Shaheb Bibi Golaam
Director:Pratim D. Gupta
Starring:Anjan Dutt
Swastika Mukherjee
Ritwick Chakraborty
Vikram Chatterjee
Parno Mittra
Music:Anupam Roy
Country:India
Language:Bengali

Shaheb Bibi Golaam is an Indian Bengali thriller film directed by Pratim D. Gupta and stars Anjan Dutt, Swastika Mukherjee and Ritwick Chakraborty in the lead roles. The film depicts the story of a contract killer, a housewife and a taxi driver from a Metropolitan city. The music is released by Amara Muzik.

Cast

Production

Development

Pratim D. Gupta clarified the fact that the film is neither an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Bimal Mitra, nor does it have any connection with the earlier film adaptations of the novel. The story of the film has been totally created by Gupta himself and the script was written five years before the development, prior to Paanch Adhyay.[1]

Though titles like Jimmy Jaya Javed and Trikaal were initially into consideration for the film, it was finally chosen to be Shaheb Bibi Golaam.[1]

Casting

The film marks the first collaboration between the director and the lead actors. Though Mukherjee was initially opted for the female lead in Paanch Adhyay, the role later switched over to Dia Mirza. Anjan Dutt instantly gave a nod to the film when he heard the script while being in a casual discussion with Gupta. Dutt will be playing the role of a middle-aged Anglo-Indian contract-killer and Mukherjee's character will be that of middle-class housewife. Ritwick Chakraborty will be portraying the role of a taxi driver, who is in a relationship with the character played by Parno Mittra.[1]

Filming

Shooting for the film started from November 2014.[1]

Music

The music for Shaheb Bibi Golaam is composed by Anupam Roy and the lyrics have been penned by Anupam himself. The music rights have been acquired by Amara Muzik. The full music album was released on 6 August 2016.

Awards and nominations

AwardCategoryRecipient(s)Result
Filmfare Awards East 2017Filmfare Award for Best Film - BengaliShaheb Bibi Golaam
Filmfare Award for Best Director - BengaliPratim D. Gupta
Filmfare Award for Best Actress - BengaliSwastika Mukherjee
Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - BengaliRitwick Chakraborty
Filmfare Award for Best Music - Bengali
Filmfare Award for Best Lyrics - BengaliAnupam Roy for Mon Bhalo Nei
Filmfare Award for Best Playback (Female) - BengaliShreya Ghoshal for Tomar Ki Naam
Filmfare Award for Best Playback (Male) - BengaliAnupam Roy for Mon Bhalo Nei
Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue - BengaliPratim D. Gupta
Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay - BengaliPratim D. Gupta
Filmfare Award for Best Editing - BengaliSanjeeb Dutta
Filmfare Award for Best Background Score - BengaliNeil Adhikari
Filmfare Award for Best Story - BengaliPratim D. Gupta
Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography - BengaliGairik Sarkar
Filmfare Award for Best Production Design - BengaliSaswati Karmakar

Notes and References

  1. News: Nag. Kushali. Saheb meets Bibi. https://archive.today/20141031171648/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140722/jsp/t2/story_18638209.jsp%23.VFOxTzSUdwc. dead. 31 October 2014. 31 October 2014. The Telegraph (Calcutta). 22 July 2014.